Category: Agriculture

SOLOMON ISLANDS 2013 BIO-SECURITY ACT ENACTED
Agriculture

SOLOMON ISLANDS 2013 BIO-SECURITY ACT ENACTED

admin- March 25, 2015

Birds that are prohibited under the Bio-Security Act to be pests. Photo credit: SIBC. The Solomon Islands 2013 Bio-Security Act has been enacted. The Minister ... Read More

BODO SUPPORTED FARMERS WITH WHEELBARROWS
Agriculture

BODO SUPPORTED FARMERS WITH WHEELBARROWS

admin- March 21, 2015

Honourable Bodo Dettke-Minister for Forestry and Research. Photo credit: GCU. Farmers in North West Guadalcanal have received wheelbarrows and tools from their Member of Parliament. ... Read More

BACK TO THE BASICS SOLOMON ISLANDS: PM SOGAVARE
Agriculture

BACK TO THE BASICS SOLOMON ISLANDS: PM SOGAVARE

admin- March 8, 2015

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Photo credit: OPMC. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said the country needs to go back to the basics and establish whether ... Read More

COCOA INDUSTRY HAS MORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: WILLIAM MARAU
Agriculture

COCOA INDUSTRY HAS MORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: WILLIAM MARAU

admin- February 22, 2015

Hon. William Bradford Marau, Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration and MP for Ulawa Ugi. Photo credit: GCU. Solomon Islands cocoa industry needs to ... Read More

NEWLY OPENED COCOA TESTING LAB TO HELP COCOA EXPORTERS
Agriculture

NEWLY OPENED COCOA TESTING LAB TO HELP COCOA EXPORTERS

admin- February 21, 2015

Dried cocoa beans processed at the new laboratory. Photo credit: SIBC. The recently opened National Cocoa Quality Testing Laboratory will enable exporters for the first ... Read More

LOCAL COCOA PRODUCERS CAN NOW PRODUCE QUALITY COCOA BEANS
Agriculture

LOCAL COCOA PRODUCERS CAN NOW PRODUCE QUALITY COCOA BEANS

admin- February 19, 2015

Minister of Commerce, Willie Bradford Marau and Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hon. Steven Ciobo. Photo credit: SIBC. Local farmers and cocoa exporters can ... Read More

AGRICULTURE OFFICERS ATTENDED N.A.R.I – E.U PROJECT UPDATE
Agriculture

AGRICULTURE OFFICERS ATTENDED N.A.R.I – E.U PROJECT UPDATE

admin- February 18, 2015

Slippery cabbage. Photo credit: edibleplantproject.org Officers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and Kastom Garden have today attended a one-day mini workshop to update ... Read More